Yaesu FTM-3200DR Operating Manual - Advanced Operation
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Advanced Operation
FTM-3200DR Operating Manual
Weather Broadcast Reception
The FTM-3200R includes a unique feature which allows reception of weather broadcasts
in the 160 MHz frequency range. Ten standard Weather Broadcast channels are
preloaded into a special memory bank.
To listen to a Weather Broadcast Channel:
1. Press the Microphone’s [
P4] button to recall
the Weather Broadcast channels.
Note: The [P4] key, one of the programma-
ble keys, is assigned (default setting)
as the “WX Broadcast” one-touch
access key. Please note that if you
change/assign another function to the
[P4] key, one-touch access to the WX
channel will be unavailable.
2. Turn the
DIAL knob to select the desired
Weather Broadcast channel.
3. If you wish to check the other channels for
activity by scanning, just press the Micro-
phone’s
PTT switch.
4. To exit to normal operation, press the [
P4]
button again. Operation will return to the
VFO or Memory channel you were operating
on before you began Weather Broadcast op-
eration.
LOCK
P3
P2
P1
7
1
4
8
2
0
5
9
B
A
C
D
3
6
P4
LAMP
DTMF MICROPHONE
MH-48
ABC
JKL
TUV
GHI
PQRS
DEF
MNO
WXYZ
MIC
P4 key
PTT
CH
Frequency
CH
Frequency
1
162.550 MHz
6
162.500 MHz
2
162.400 MHz
7
162.525 MHz
3
162.475 MHz
8
161.650 MHz
4
162.425 MHz
9
161.775 MHz
5
162.450 MHz 10 163.275 MHz
Severe Weather Alert Feature
In the event of extreme weather disturbances, such as storms and hurricanes, NOAA (the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) sends a weather alert accompanied
by a 1050 Hz tone and subsequent weather report on one of the NOAA weather channels.
You may enable this feature via Setup Menu Item “
WX ALERT 50” see page xx for details.
Application for FCC / IC
FCC ID: K6620523X50 / IC: 511B-20523X50